SICA, SIMA Offer Support To Karnataka Chamber

Coimbatore: Coimbatore-based cotton trade/R&D bodies South India Cotton Association (SICA) and SIMA-Cotton Development and Research Association (SIMA-CDRA) have proposed to support the Hubli-based Karnataka Cotton Association in its efforts to improve the development of cotton crop in Karnataka through a vision document. This offer was conveyed to representatives of the Karnataka Cotton Association and the Karnataka Chamber of Commerce who had a meeting with SICA, SIMA-CDRA and members of the apex spinners body, Southern India Mills Association (SIMA) on May 14. Karnataka's cotton production declined from 15 lakh bales in 1996 to six lakh bales in 2006. The Tamil Nadu textile industry's interest in Karnataka crop largely rests on the latter's extra long staple DCH-32 variety, much in demand among the spinners here producing finer count yarn.